From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tlaronde@polynum.com Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:16:07 +0200 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Message-ID: <20090710101607.GA2076@polynum.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Subject: [9fans] plan 9 interface color ergonomy Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1a0248d6-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 Hello, Even if the plan 9 graphical interface doesn't look like the other ones, as a matter of fact it happens that I'm far less eyes-tired by the plan 9 one than with others---indeed, if I like more the console on Unix like system it's because glyphes are bigger and the black background less aggressive to my taste. I know that the human eye "sees" (or the human brains interprets) more green shades than red or blue. So if plan 9 feels more comfortable (for me at least) this is probably linked to this color choice. (It's curious to see that the themes proposed by other systems almost never propose a green based one: too "natural", so not sufficiently "artefact", human made, "professional"?) I seem to recall reading a paper by Rob Pike about discussions, I think with Ren�e French, about this visual aspect. But I don't manage to find back which one it was, and if there are other ones about this ergonomy. Has somebody hints? TIA -- Thierry Laronde (Alceste) http://www.kergis.com/ Key fingerprint = 0FF7 E906 FBAF FE95 FD89 250D 52B1 AE95 6006 F40C